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OBAMA AND RACE

Air Date: January 13, 2009

What does Obama’s election say about race relations in this country. Does it signal in a new post-racial America or will it actually undermine struggles for racial equality? We talk with University of Pennsylvania professor of communications and anthropology JOHN JACKSON and University of Pennslyvania english professor SALAMISHAH TILLET. Listen to the mp3